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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

So if the report of the Accountability Review Board appointed by Hillary Clinton concludes that the State Department suffered "systemic failures" in response to the Benghazi attack and was also at fault for a "lack of proactive senior leadership" for the security of our officials in Libya, can we now blame Hillary? Isn't this her job? Or does all she have to do is say that she takes responsibility and that's enough. That is what accountability seems to be today. You "take responsibility" and then suffer no further sanction. As Paul Mirengoff writes,

In a properly functioning society, this report would signal the end of Clinton’s chances of becoming president. The Peter Principle isn’t supposed to apply when it comes to the highest office in the land. But then, in a properly functioning society, Clinton’s successfor would not be the wannabe statesman who concluded that Bashar al-Assad was the answer to our prayers for peace and harmony to the Middle East.

George Will excoriates the newest mandate that the Obama administration is pondering - requiring people to register to vote.

It has been said that for every complex problem there is a solution that is clear, simple and wrong. Washington soon may seek a complex "solution" — pre-emption of states' responsibilities; federal micromanagement of elections; eventual coercion of lackadaisical citizens — to the nonproblem of people choosing not to vote.

5 comments:

Should she choose to run, the Benghazi attack and failure of the state dept. should be a factor. Does it end her chances? Given Bush won in 2004 despite the known failures leading up to 9/11, and the stonewalling, misinformation and lies afterwards, apparently it's not a huge issue for many.

mark is right! Obama should be held as accountable for 9/11/12 as Bush was for 9/11/01. For the rest of Obama's term, we should expect the mainstream press to constant make reference to Obama's failings and "lies" regarding his Benghazi fiasco - and never let the issue rest.

equitus,Excellent point.Well, except for the fact that, as far as we know, Obama didn't get a visit from agents bearing written warnings about an attack (as Bush did). Except fort he fact that there has already been more accountability for Benghazi than 9/11. Three State Dept. agents have resigned. Condi Rice got a promotion.Except for the fact that Obama didn't lead us into a war based on phony evidence and fear of "a mushroom cloud".Except for the fact that, while both were tragedies, there is no comparison between the two as far as magnitude.